A PPP poll released October 8 shows Ed Murray with a commanding 52%-to-28% lead over incumbent Mike McGinn in the race for Seattle Mayor.

The latest numbers correspond closely to a SurveyUSA poll released September 16. That poll showed Murray ahead 52% to 30%. The PPP poll was an in-house survey commissioned by Washmore --------------------------------------------------

Dennis Shepard. That's not a name that is as common in households across the nation as Matthew Shepard. In fact, his wife, Judy Shepard, is better known for the couple's advocacy work on hate crimes legislation and for serving as executive director at the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Dennmore --------------------------------------------------

Late last month, Seattle Fire guided a 911 caller through CPR being administered to the victim of a reported drug overdose at a Summit Avenue apartment in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. When police and fire personnel arrived at the scene, they found one man dead and a 31-year-old wmore --------------------------------------------------

The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) joined dozens of labor and immigrants' rights organizations October 4 in calling for commonsense immigration reform. On the heels of the House introduction of an immigration bill, NCTE issued a new report outlining the barriers and harmore --------------------------------------------------

One week after meeting with the so-called 'G8' - the group of eight cardinals who are to advise him on reforming the Catholic Church - Pope Francis called for a special meeting of Catholic bishops to discuss marriage and family issues.

On October 8, the Vatican announced that more --------------------------------------------------

Kuwaiti officials said on October 7 that they would begin 'medical tests' to determine if foreigners seeking entry are Gay, and would begin to bar Gays from coming into the country.

The tests may be adopted by all the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC), of which Kuwait is a membmore --------------------------------------------------

BC adopts new, improved HIV test
by Mike Andrew -
SGN Staff Writer
British Columbia will become the first Canadian province to adopt a new, more accurate test for HIV. The decision follows the publication of a study documenting the test's performance.

The nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) was developed by U.S. scientists, and can detect new HIV infecmore --------------------------------------------------

Five years from now, the City of Light will become the City of Action. Gay action, that is. As in, Gay athletes from all over the world traveling to Paris to compete in the premier LGBT sporting event: the Gay Games. The French capital beat out London and Limerick, Ireland, in the final tamore --------------------------------------------------

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